House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
PROTECT Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2019 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2605.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEVENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 76, May 8, 2019, Page H3502):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2605, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2605
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
85202c8b2dc7d988d7fad9b30ed593f0ff65c46fa07ff94c58697493b614a978
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sean Casten (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Andy Levin (D-MI), James McGovern (D-MA), Chris Pappas (D-NH).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Haley Stevens.
- H.R. 2397 (116th) American Manufacturing Leadership Act
- H.Res. 552 (116th) Calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to provide evidence of wrongdoing or to release United States citizen Paul Whelan.
- H.R. 1665 (116th) Building Blocks of STEM Act
- H.R. 7228 (116th) Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act
- H.R. 7662 (116th) To modify certain requirements of LIHEAP for purposes of the use of certain funds appropriated in fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4669 (116th) Maximizing Drug Coverage for Low-Income Seniors Act of 2019
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.